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Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Win a Fantastic Organic Hamper

Riverford delivers award-winning organic vegboxes and food fresh from the farm straight to your door and for this months competition we have one of their delicious hampers to give away.

Riverford offers a range of weekly organic essentials like vegetables as well eggs, milk, meat, juices and cereals, they can even deliver wine and chocolate when you need a treat and their amazing Organic vegboxes start from just £10.45. The Riverford box scheme began when Guy Watson started delivering vegetables locally to 30 friends in Devon. They now deliver around 40,000 boxes a week to homes around the UK from their regional farms. Ordering is easy and flexible, delivery is free and you don’t even need to be at home. www.riverford.co.uk

The prize is a large vegbox with meet that will be enough organic meat and veg to feed 4+ people for around a week. Typically 12 veg varieties with potatoes, carrots and onions most weeks. You’ll also get 3 RSPCA award-winning meat items that will always include a joint and mince, plus a different cut such as diced chicken.

To be in with a chance simply tell us your favourite home cooked meal, and why you like it.

Extra entries can be made by sharing this competition on Twitter (include #DiligentGardener) or by liking our page and sharing the competition on Facebook.

Terms and conditions: This competition closes at 23.59 on 31 January 2014. Any entries received after this time will not be counted. Entrants must be UK residents aged 18 years or older to enter. By entering this competition you agree and consent to your name being published and by taking part in the competition, entrants are deemed to have read, understood and accepted all of the Terms and Conditions and agreed to be bound by them. The winner will be selected at random from the valid entries and will be announced here on the blog. Whilst it is possible to leave "anonymous" replies on the blog, please make sure we are able to contact you if you do win.

Shepherd's Pie because is is easy to make, nutritious and cheap. It also reminds me of my Grandma who used to make it for my brother and I when we were little and had made a tent using their apple trees, she brought it out, rang our bell and we ate it in our den

My favourite homemade meal is chargilled vegetable lasagne. It's quite work intensive chargrilling aubergine and courgette but its an opportunity for my other half to help in the kitchen and we always have a laugh and glass of wine while we're cooking. The lasagne also has lentils, tomatoes, peppers and lots of lovely cheese...we're usually too full to move afterwards

It has to be steak, stilton and ale pie with new potatoes and broccoli. It is my favourite because it is fairly simple to make, has to be for me! I can use vegetables from our garden and it tastes great.

Pea and ham soup. My mother always made this when I was a child so I naturally continued when I married. It is now a firm favourite with our children and their children. Thank you Mum, you taught me well.

My favourite at the moment is pasta in a spicy tomato sauce with veg. Its low fat and healthy, so tasty and full of fresh herbs and spices. We get a huge bowlful to eat so it takes a satisfying amount of time to eat plus it stays hot in the bowl unlike alot of things! Oh and it goes perfectly with a bottle of red wine!

Our favourite is fried chicken, chips and coleslaw (or as we know it "messy tea"). It does look messy but tastes delicious. When we have it, it is usually on a Friday night as a treat into the weekend.

I make my own variety of Cottage Pie. I love this as I use whatever seasonal vegetables I have and often make the topping from carrot and swede mash or again any seasonal root vegetable with the potato. Nutritious and Delicious as my daughter says

pepperonata with Harissa paste, egg & chunky bread I can have this for breakfast lunch or dinner. Its onion, peppers , tin tomatoes, harissa paste, cook until soft ,fry egg on top eat with chunky bread.

My favourite meal is a Sunday lunch, usually roast leg of lamb and all the trimmings, I enjoy this one because the food is delicious but more so because it is the one day a week I can guarantee it will be spent with my family round the table without work or everyday life interfering.

my favourite meal is Homity pie made with potato, caramalised onion and cheddar cheese in a pastry case. I like it because it is good hot with a green veg eg broccoli and alos leftovers are great for a packed lunch the next day with some salad

My favorite meal: Country Fried Steak Freshly made Garlic Mash Fresh Creamed Corn Fresh Field Peas Green Salad Peach CobblerMy family is from Georgia where we love our fresh veggies and fruits. This is my favorite meal from childhood. It helps me to remember our family meals and the wonderful flavored fresh food. It is always nice to have great food that reflects many happy memories.

I love Creamy Chicken Pie, as it reminds me of my childhood and crisp autumnal days spent walking in the countryside. We would return home ravenous and the pie would really hit the spot. I now follow my Mum's recipe to keep my own children well fuelled ready for adventures.

My fave cooked meal is a traditional Sunday Roast with loads of vegetables. It's the only time of the week we get to sit down to a meal as a family and have time to enjoy and savour what we are actually eating. To taste natural fresh ingredients is a real lift and sets us up for the week ahead.

This may sound simple, Sunday evenings are French toast night. They must be cut diagonally and soaked in a bowl of fork whisked eggs. We put the pan on a really high heat then place them in the sizzle pan. When they smell just right we pop them in the grill to keep them warm. Next we pile them all on one platter and everybody helps themselves. I love cracked black pepper on mine.

I love to make homemade lasagne as everyone young and old loves it for all different reasons. The young because it is soft and slurpy, the older of us because it is tasty and hits all those points, such as one pot dish, family eating together. But, for me it has to be the fact that I can hide grated carrot, celery and other vegetables in there for nutrition and THEY haven't got a clue!!

I love making casseroles. Don't use a recipe, just use whatever is in season from the garden in the summer or from the freezer in the winter plus anything I can find in the fridge. With or without meat is equally delicious :)

Mine has to be sausages and mash potato with gravy. I used to watch my Dad make it when I was a child and I'd eat all my dinner as well as his because it was my favourite meal. Good memories and good food. :)

My husbands local Salt Marsh Lamb roasted with rosemary, and served with locally grown organic asparagus, green beans, carrots and redcurrant gravy. Followed by a rhubarb and raspberry crumble with toasted nuts and coconut in the topping, served with home made real custard.

My favourite home cooked meal is a beef casserole. You can go out, leaving it to cook slowly and return to delicious smells and even better flavour as all the vegetables and meat have enhanced one another or you can torture yourself by staying home and savouring it as it cooks. It warms the kitchen and warms the cockles of your heart, too.Ann

I love home-made chicken korma with home-made gluten-free garlic naan bread it is heavenly. It just brings back memories of my travels and also being able to have naan bread on a gluten-free diet is a real blessing to me.

My favourite home cooked meal is roast chicken, not least because it's delicious but it also reminds me of my childhood and there's the added bonus of chicken sandwiches and chicken stew with dumplings later in the week.

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